Book II: The Ceremonies
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Book II: The Ceremonies is a section of the Florentine Codex that details the religious rituals, festivals, and ceremonial practices of the Aztec (Mexica) people.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book II: The Ceremonies canonical | 3 |
| Book II: The Ceremonies (Florentine Codex) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5363601 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book II: The Ceremonies Context triple: [Florentine Codex, hasPart, Book II: The Ceremonies]
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Book II: Old and Young
"Book II: Old and Young" is the second major section of George Eliot’s novel *Middlemarch*, focusing on the contrasting experiences and perspectives of different generations within the provincial town.
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Book II
Book II is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" in which he develops his influential theory that all human ideas originate from experience, particularly through sensation and reflection.
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Book II
Book II is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that develops key arguments about production, distribution, and the functioning of economic systems.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Francis Bacon’s philosophical work *The Advancement of Learning*, where he systematically analyzes and classifies the branches of human knowledge.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Hugo Grotius’s foundational work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically develops his theory of natural law and its application to war and peace.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book II: The Ceremonies Target entity description: Book II: The Ceremonies is a section of the Florentine Codex that details the religious rituals, festivals, and ceremonial practices of the Aztec (Mexica) people.
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A.
Book II: Old and Young
"Book II: Old and Young" is the second major section of George Eliot’s novel *Middlemarch*, focusing on the contrasting experiences and perspectives of different generations within the provincial town.
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B.
Book II
Book II is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" in which he develops his influential theory that all human ideas originate from experience, particularly through sensation and reflection.
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C.
Book II
Book II is the second major section of Hugo Grotius’s foundational work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically develops his theory of natural law and its application to war and peace.
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Book II
Book II of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is the section in which he develops his influential account of moral virtue as a habit formed through practice and the doctrine of the mean between extremes.
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Book II
Book II is a section of Aristotle’s zoological treatise "History of Animals" that continues his systematic examination of the characteristics and classification of living creatures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of codex ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Book 2 of the Florentine Codex
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linked to:
Florentine Codex
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| associatedWith |
Bernardino de Sahagún
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indigenous Nahua informants ⓘ |
| compiledIn | 16th century ⓘ |
| contains |
glosses explaining rituals
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pictorial representations of ceremonies ⓘ |
| cultureDescribed |
Aztec
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linked to:
Aztec culture
Mexica ⓘ |
| describes |
calendar feasts
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major religious festivals ⓘ offerings to gods ⓘ ritual costumes ⓘ ritual music and dance ⓘ ritual symbolism ⓘ roles of participants in ceremonies ⓘ roles of priests ⓘ sequence of ritual events ⓘ |
| documents |
festivals honoring specific deities
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pre-Hispanic Aztec religious practices ⓘ ritual cycle of the Aztec year ⓘ state-sponsored ceremonies ⓘ temple-based worship ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Aztec religious calendar
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festivals dedicated to deities ⓘ offerings and sacrifices ⓘ public ceremonies ⓘ temple rituals ⓘ |
| hasParallelTextIn | Spanish ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early colonial New Spain ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginal | Nahuatl ⓘ |
| locationOfManuscript |
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence
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linked to:
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
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| mainTheme |
ceremonial practices
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festivals ⓘ religious rituals ⓘ |
| medium | illustrated manuscript ⓘ |
| partOf | Florentine Codex ⓘ |
| religiousTraditionDescribed | Aztec polytheism ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
Mesoamerican religion
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anthropology of religion ⓘ ethnography ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | late Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceFor |
reconstructions of Aztec festivals
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studies of Aztec religion ⓘ studies of Aztec ritual calendar ⓘ |
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Subject: Book II: The Ceremonies Description of subject: Book II: The Ceremonies is a section of the Florentine Codex that details the religious rituals, festivals, and ceremonial practices of the Aztec (Mexica) people.
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linked to: Book II: The Ceremonies